Nate Oats: "What an unbelievable campus. It's unreal. My wife is into gardening, she said the trees and everything here are beautiful. ... It's even better than we thought it would be."
Nick Saban on Tua Tagovailoa breaking AJ McCarron’s single-season passing touchdown record: “I wasn’t informed of that, so I guess I have to react to it right now. … We’re excited for him that he’s set a record, broke a record or whatever.”
Forget about Michigan. Nate Oats isn't going anywhere.
“I firmly believe in God’s hand in guiding our lives. If I was meant to be at Michigan, the job would have come open two months ago. So I believe there is a reason why I am at Alabama."
The 5 Alabama players here include:
-7 All-SEC selections
-6 All-American seasons
-6 SEC championship rings
-5 Super Bowl rings
-5 Pro Bowls
-3 first round draft picks
-3 All-Pro picks
-3 college football national championships (65, 09, 11)
-1 NFL MVP
-1 NFL Hall of Famer
Quinnen Williams to the Jets.
He's the fourth Crimson Tide player taken third overall, joining Trent Richardson (2012), Marcell Dareus (2011) and Chris Samuels (2000)
Cornelius Bennett remains Alabama's highest ever pick at No. 2 to Colts in 1987
Nick Saban on how the dime package will change with Jared Mayden’s targeting suspension: “I don’t know, but as soon as I get out of here I’ll be sure to call Kirby (Smart) and tell him the plan.”
The petition started by
@rollbamaroll
requests the unnamed press box at Alabama's football stadium be named the "Cecil Hurt Memorial Press Box at Bryant-Denny Stadium."
Nate Oats: "My scheduling philosophy is going to be a little different ... We get 13 nonconference games. Some of these schools buy all these games. I don't want to buy 10 wins and not get exposed. We need to find out how good we are out of the gate."
“I’m using the doctor’s term: It’s a miracle that I survived it first and foremost, but also that I’m in the condition that I’m in,’” Stewart said. via
@TideSports
.com
Some facts
Alabama
Coaching Staff Fired Due To FBI Investigation: 0
Players Currently Suspended: 0
Wins Over Auburn: 2
Size of coach: Normal
Auburn
Members of Coaching Staff Fired Due To FBI Investigation: 3
Players Currently Suspended: 2
Wins Over Alabama: 1
Size of coach: Fat
Let's all just take a moment to reflect on the fact that Bama has never missed a College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, Auburn just lost to UCF. What a time to be alive, folks.
RIP to Cecil Hurt, whose coverage of Alabama football has been essential to Crimson Tide fans for decades. The Iron Bowl won't be the same without him looking down from the press box.
Saban: "Just to be clear on something: I love all of our players on our team. I think as parents out there you can relate to this, that you love all your children. ... You want to support and help both to be successful. That's exactly how I feel about our players."
For Gary, a 36-year-old born with Down syndrome, being able to spend time with Saban and the players was tremendous.
“I’m proud of the coaches and players both,” Gary told ESPN in 2018. “These people are my friends and I know what they can do.”
His heart was clearly aching on Monday, even as he chose what was best for his family. But so were thousands and thousands more, people who now realize that “aloha” has two meanings, “hello” and “goodbye” and that one career cannot have only one.
For the 106th time, Alabama is No. 1 in the AP Poll. That breaks Ohio State’s previous record of 105 for all-time appearances.
1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Georgia
4. Ohio State
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Auburn
8. Notre Dame
9. Stanford
10. Washington
Hey guys it’s ya boi Eryk Anders and I’ll be taking over the twitter account for this the
#LSUvsBama
game tonight. Before kick off let’s get started with a little Q&A. Ask me anything until kickoff.
#rolltide
Nice story on Alabama QB Mac Jones, who volunteers regularly at a soup kitchen in Tuscaloosa.
“He’s helped cook. He’s served. He helped put up the Christmas tree. He’ll sweep, mop, whatever.”
Freddie Kitchens used to be an Alabama quarterback. Now, he is an NFL head coach. He received a congratulatory phone call from Nick Saban and said all the right things in his introductory press conference Monday.
@CecilHurt
tells Kitchens' story.
“I know once I go to Bama I’m gonna have to get in shape and drop some pounds,” Jaheim Oatis said. “Once I get down there I’m going to be a dominant defensive lineman and take a starter’s spot.”
“They’re going to have to out work me.”
Nick Saban asked if he has regrets about postgame inter "I talked to Maria and I could have handled it in a better way. ... If I get asked to vilify a player and make another one a crown prince publicly, I might not respond well to that. ... We apologize for it."
Ty Simpson woke up Tuesday to find out he'd been named Tennessee's Gatorade Football Player of the Year. Then then five-star quarterback had to start cleaning his bedroom in anticipation of Nick Saban stopping by Wednesday.
Tua Tagovailoa has 6 career 300+ yard passing games in 14 starts. That's the most in school history. AJ McCarron had the most before this season with 5 games of 300+ yards in 40 starts.
The official said "After review, the ball is fumbled by Alabama and recovered by..."
And the Georgia fans here lose their minds.
"...Alabama for a touchdown."
And the Alabama fans go nuts.
Gadsden City football's Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. following in family footsteps, will continue on to Alabama playing for the second coach his dad played for too.
In what is now his 15th season at the helm of the University of Alabama's football program, Nick Saban has proven detractors wrong as his efforts lifted not only a football program, but an entire city.
🔗:
Anyone who saw the passes Hurts made in directing the two game-winning touchdown drives in the final 10 minutes — because it took two — saw something different in his passing.
via
@TideSports
.com
Tua + this receiving Corps (who are without a starter today) is simply unfair. They cannot be stopped. Too much talent at skill positions behind a solid line. I havent watched every CFB game ever played, but asking historians to send me a more explosive offense in history